Terminus Page #3

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I'm sure he'll be grateful for every

dead soldier we don't need to bury.

A blind man can see... what

the f*** else do you need?

We're going north-east.

Medic!

- Hey.

- Are you okay? Stay calm.

- Just rest.

- You're okay?

You're gonna start bleeding again.

It'll be okay. Just rest. Okay?

It's okay. It'll be okay.

What the hell is going on here?

We need to move him.

Grab the door. Grab the door!

Oh, hold him.

What is that?

It's dying from the heat.

(GAS HISSING)

We gotta get him closer.

Bring that over.

What's it doing?

You'll see. Just watch.

Hey... it's okay.

Look. See?

Hey.

It's okay... he'll be here.

(GASPS)

(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)

(HAND SHAKING)

Hey.

You okay?

It's real. I'm not dreaming.

I hope not.

What's it like?

Strange.

Where is he?

(DOOR OPENS)

Dad?

You gotta see this.

What's it for?

Protection.

Protection? From what?

Something we can't prevent.

Look, I know it sounds crazy, but you've

seen what it can do. You've felt it.

This... this is a gift.

You have no idea what this thing

is or what else it's capable of.

You have to trust me with this, Annie.

Everything'll be fine... I promise.

We're gonna need a ton of steel.

Ramon's got me on inventory. Sh*t

job, but who's complaining, right?

Guy's got his hands in so

many pies, still b*tches.

Half the sh*t I don't even

ask about. How you doing?

You know.

You should hook up with

Mickey, trade some stocks.

Yeah, that'd be great.

That old metal works,

though, that's where it's at.

Swear to God if I had the

money, I'd re-open it myself.

Come on, that place's

nothing but a graveyard.

Hey, you could be my foreman.

Thanks.

So this is the sh*t you wanted?

Yeah. I owe you.

How's Annie holding up?

She's worried. Who wouldn't be?

No, I mean since Jane.

I don't know. She's fine.

Maybe better than I am.

You know, I always wanted to kill you.

Scoring the one girl on the

drill team that turned me down.

I was strong side linebacker.

You always were a lucky

son-of-a-b*tch though, huh?

Hey, thanks.

Hey, how old are you now?

Keep dreaming.

Bottoms up.

(RETCHING)

- We should go to a titty bar.

- Yeah.

(DOOR OPENS)

There you go.

(SNORING)

Yep. Got em.

(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)

Come on, let's go.

This is it.

You sure?

Yeah. No one's set foot in here in years.

Let's bring in that cement mixer.

(KEYS JINGLING)

Should I be concerned

about any of this business?

Oh, not at all, Sheriff.

It's just protocol.

Appears to be stable.

Where's the rest of it?

You're supposed to tell me.

Do you believe in

coincidences, Agent Stipe?

In my experience, there are

no coincidences, Sheriff.

You might want to talk

to David Chamberlain.

Local guy, crashed his car

near here the other night.

Strangest thing, too. Not a scratch on him.

It's unprecedented.

At first we couldn't

understand what we were seeing.

Fluorescence in-situ hybridization

identified the presence...

of hundreds of different

alleles for each gene.

But this genetic information isn't organized

into chromosomes as we understand them.

So far, we've isolated multiple sequences

resembling various plant and animal strands.

Some of these strands

even appear to be human.

What we're dealing with here is

a living sample of a biogenesis.

Evolution?

No, no. This precedes

evolution. It's creation.

Who'd have thought... that's an amoeba.

I don't know what to do.

You always said that he'd

do things in his own way.

The fact is that without you he...

He did his best and... I hate him for it.

I don't want to hate him.

I never could quite understand

how you... kept loving him.

No matter how many times he let you down.

I miss you so much, Mom.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES)

This'll work.

(MUSIC CHANGES)

You're standing too close.

What?

Unless you're planning on

setting yourself alight.

You must be Annabelle.

Special agent Julius Stipe...

National Science Agency.

We'd like to ask your

father some questions.

Is he here?

No.

Oh, no need to be alarmed.

It's just protocol.

(DEVICE BEEPING)

What do you want with my father?

We're looking for something.

We're hoping he might be

able to help us find it.

(TRUCK APPROACHING)

Got a little drunk with the boys.

It was my birthday.

I came home to celebrate with my daughter.

I can't recall seeing anything

but a light in the sky...

and that was when I lost control.

Not much more I remember

before I blacked out.

(SIGHS)

You ever been to the Air and Space

Museum in D.C., Mr. Chamberlain?

No.

My mother used to drive

me there every summer.

She'd let me wander the place for hours.

I learned so many things about

the universe and time and space.

It's really incredible

everything we've accomplished...

but what's even more fascinating

is how little we actually know.

I've always believed that

if we found real evidence...

of something greater than ourselves...

something that inspired the human race...

then maybe the world would have peace.

Now this thing you found, it just might

be the miracle people are hoping for.

Can't say I believe in

miracles all that much.

You have a kidney in your body that

wasn't there before, Mr. Chamberlain.

So, please don't lie to me.

The last person to come in contact

with an object like the one you found...

he thought it had healed him, too.

That's where I kept it.

Wasn't long before I noticed it didn't

react well to the humidity in here.

Thing had just... melted.

Melted?

Things been tough, Mr. Chamberlain?

Huh?

Since the death of your wife.

Must have been very hard for you...

knowing there was nothing

you could do to save her.

Yeah.

Sorry I can't be more help to you.

No, you've been more

than helpful. Thank you.

Annie?

They know you have it.

They're gonna find it. What then?

They take you away? Cut

you open like that old man?

No, that won't happen.

Those men were here, in our house.

It found me for a reason. She found me.

Who? Who found you?

Your mom, Annie. She showed

me something's gonna happen.

No. This... this thing is messing

with your head, changing you.

- Can't you see that?

- No, you're wrong!

She's gone, Dad.

You didn't want to see it when she was

lying in that hospital bed all alone...

but she's gone and you

can't bring her back.

No! No.

I won't let them take it away.

You know what it showed me?

It showed me everything I wanted to forget.

Just before she died, she

asked me where you were...

when you were coming to see her.

But you never came.

(DOOR SLAMMING)

Annie?

(SCREAMING)

(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)

Hey, Mickey, I need a favor.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

He's driving in circles.

Bring him in.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

How you doing? Nice suit.

[LUBINSKI] We have a situation.

You lost him.

For now.

The daughter.

REPORTER (ON TV): U.S. casualties have

risen well above 35 soldiers a day...

as the advancement

into Tehran continues.

Members of Congress have met to persuade

the President and General Corazon...

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